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EDIT: jeroen's post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8093790) links to a better article.

tl;dr (as PeterWhittaker suggests): "Keep Bananas Fresh Longer by Separating Them and Wrapping the Stems in Plastic Wrap".

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NOTE: Just for context (so this comment doesn't look quite so silly as it now does :))... The post originally linked to awareness-time.com/?p=4195

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So... am I right in my assumption that the picture of the bananas is a demonstration of this "simple way"? (With the intent of covering the stem with plastic wrap being for the purpose of minimizing exposure to gases that speed the process up?)

It's not made explicitly clear in the blog entry. In fact, the entry is very poorly structured. It...

1. gives an anecdote about the bananas turning brown

2. says there's a better way to slow the browning

3. immediately jumps into a section it marks as "optional"

4. starts the optional section with an ad

5. begins actual optional content with a short blurb

6. finally shows the picture (is this optional??)

7. follows it all up with the actual "optional" science

All without at least a short text explanation of the "simple way". You don't need complicated words to explain that processes occurring at the stem speed up the ripening effect, and that an easy way around that is to cover the stem with plastic wrap... so why is such a simple explanation omitted? Yes, a picture may be worth a thousand words, but when placed poorly, makes for a very confusing thousand words.